It is with the greatest reluctance that I announce a new category for our posts here at Pensito Review. Henceforth, we will maintain a category for “Sarah Palin.”
After John McCain announced his bizarre pick for a running mate, fellow P.R. editor, Buck, added a Palin category. I shot him down, since we like to keep [...]

Sherry Johnston, last September

Bristol Palin’s future mother-in-law might not crowd around when her son’s baby is born. Sherry Johnston, mother of Levi, himself father of Sarah Palin’s first grandchild (maybe) is kind of busy these days. Grandma Johnston was busted in Wasilla last week on five counts of sale and possession of a controlled substance, [...]

Oh, wait, there aren’t any openly gay people in Obama’s cabinet:
President-elect Barack Obama last week announced the last of his Cabinet nominees, revealing that none of his department heads would be openly gay. The omission, combined with Obama’s decision to invite Rev. Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration, led [the Human Rights [...]

“The greatest tragedy in mankind’s entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.”
— Sir Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917-2008)

In a February 2006 communique, Peter Akinola, the archbishop of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), set forth his diocese’s official positions on various issues being debated by the Nigerian government, including this:
So, to sum up, Rick Warren believes that a homophobe so filled with hate that he advocates imprisoning gay people who love each [...]

Bah fucking humbug, indeed.

Dinesh, left, and Rinku in their new Under Armor wear
Maybe the holidays have us feeling mellow, but we think we’d love this story any time of the year. A search for “Rinku Singh Dinesh Patel javelin throwers” turns up a lot of hits, but the best version of the back-story is Bruce Reed’s on Slate.
Before [...]

Disco Absolut

Now here’s some American ingenuity I can get behind. L.A.’s Edison lounge is among those whose happy hours feature drinks with names that, rather than make you forget your sad financial condition, help you deal with it, including:

Bourbon Bailout
401K (served with a reply card to check whether your retirement account is half-empty or half-full)
Rejected [...]

Much has been made about the homophobic rantings of Rick Warren, the right-wing bigot Barack Obama has invited to give the invocation at his inauguration, but there has been less discussion about Warren’s beliefs about the role of women in society:
“You wives must willingly obey your husbands in everything, just as the Church obeys Christ.” [...]

The full program for the inauguration of Barack Obama and Joe Biden has something for almost everyone. I say “almost” because I’m not seeing any Islamic participation. Maybe it’s just too touchy for someone who spent most of his campaign denying rumors he was a secret Muslim to throw in a monologue from Dave Chappelle.
But [...]